//**  MONTHS ARRAY
exports.monthArray = exports._MONTH_ARRAY = ["", "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];

//** VALIDATE WHETHER TWO GIVEN VALUES MATCH
exports.matches = exports._MATCHES = ( val1, val2 ) => ( val1 === val2 );
    
//** TRANFORM NUMBER TO MONTH
exports.num2month = exports._NUM2MONTH = ( month_number ) => ( !isNaN(month_number) && (month_number <= exports._MONTH_ARRAY.length) ) ? exports._MONTH_ARRAY[month_number] : "Invalid Month" ;
exports.getMonthName  = exports._GET_MONTH_NAME   = exports.num2month;
    
//** REMOVE DUPLICATES FROM ARRAY
exports.isUnique = exports._IS_UNIQUE =  (array_ ) => 
{

    if(Array.isArray(array_))
    {
        var ret_array = new Array();

        for (var a = array_.length - 1; a >= 0; a--) {

            for (var b = array_.length - 1; b >= 0; b--) {

                if(array_[a] == array_[b] && a != b){

                    delete array_[b];

                }

            };

            if(array_[a] != undefined)

            ret_array.push(array_[a]);

        };

        return ret_array.reverse();

    }
    else
    {
        return ["not an array"];
    }

};
    
//** COUNT OCCURANCES IN AN ARRAY
exports.count =  exports._COUNT = ( val, obj ) => 
    obj.reduce( (cumulative,currVal) => {
        return ( currVal == val ) ? cumulative+=1 : cumulative;
    },0);

//** CONDITIONALLY TRANSFORM TO STRING
exports.str = exports._STR = ( obj ) =>
{
    try {
        return ( typeof(obj) === "object" ) ? JSON.stringify(obj) : obj ;
    } catch (error) {
        return obj;
    }
} 

//** CONDITIONALLY TRANSFORM TO JSON
exports.json = exports._JSON = ( obj ) => 
{ 
    try {  
            return ( typeof(obj) === 'object' ) ? obj : JSON.parse( obj ) 
        } 
        catch(e)
        { 
            return obj; 
        } 
    }

//** CLONE AN OBJECT
exports.clone = exports._CLONE = (obj) => JSON.parse( JSON.stringify( obj ) );